CHAPTER 13. FOREIGN GUARDIANS
IC 29-3-13
Chapter 13. Foreign Guardians
IC 29-3-13-1
Payment of debt or delivery of property to foreign guardian
Sec. 1. (a) Any person indebted to an incapacitated person or
minor, or having possession of property belonging to a minor or
incapacitated person, may pay the debt or deliver the property to a
foreign guardian appointed by a court of the state in which the
incapacitated person or minor resides upon being presented with
proof of the foreign guardian's appointment and an affidavit made by
the foreign guardian stating the following:
(1) That the foreign guardian does not know of any other
guardianship proceeding, relating to the incapacitated person or
minor, pending in Indiana.
(2) That the letters of the foreign guardian were duly issued.
(3) That the foreign guardian is entitled to receive the payment
or delivery.
(b) If the person to whom the affidavit is presented does not know
of any other guardianship proceeding pending in Indiana, payment or
delivery in response to the demand and affidavit discharges the
debtor or possessor from any further liability.
As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1989,
SEC.81.
IC 29-3-13-2
Protected person domiciled in foreign state but having property in
Indiana; filing of foreign guardian appointment and bond in
county where property is located
Sec. 2. If no guardian has been appointed, and no petition in a
guardianship proceeding is pending in Indiana, a guardian appointed
by a court of another state in which the incapacitated person or minor
is domiciled may file, with an Indiana court in a county in which
property belonging to the incapacitated person or minor is located,
an authenticated copy of the guardian's appointment and a bond that
meets the requirements of IC 29-3-7-1 with respect to that part of the
property of the incapacitated person or minor that is located in that
county. After filing the copy and bond, the foreign guardian may
exercise as to the property of the incapacitated person or minor in
that county in Indiana all powers of a guardian in Indiana and may
maintain actions and proceedings in Indiana.
As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1989,
SEC.82.
IC 29-3-13-3
Acts by which foreign guardian submits to personal jurisdiction
Sec. 3. A foreign guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction
of Indiana courts in any proceeding relating to the property for which
the guardian is responsible by:
(1) complying with section 2 of this chapter;
(2) receiving payment of money or taking delivery of property
belonging to the incapacitated person or minor in Indiana; or
(3) doing any act as a guardian in Indiana that would give
Indiana jurisdiction over the guardian as an individual.
As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1989,
SEC.83.